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The Complete Guide to Hedge Funds & Hedge Fund Strategies
This book offers a fresh perspective on the hedge fund industry. With its ambitious name, The Complete Guide to Hedge Funds & Hedge Fund Strategics aims to become a new reference for the industry. It not only covers hedge funds in general but also provides a detailed description of hedge fund strategies. It presents an overview of the classic hedge fund industry as well as how it has evolved in the postcrisis period.
The first chapter explains what a hedge fund is. Although this may seems obvious to most people working in the industry, the fact that the author presents the topic from various points of view, from general to specific, is unique. Another interesting element is that the author avoids having an American bias. Even though the American hedge fund industry has always been the most important, the book addresses and analyzes the European, Asian, and Latin American hedge fund industries. The author also updates interesting research published in 2008 on the future of the industry. He puts in context not only where the industry is but also where it is coming from and...
